Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wegyeti

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *weg- (to spin, weave). Cognate with Latin vēlum (cloth, sail), English wick.[1]

Verb[edit]

*wegyeti[1]

  1. to weave, compose

Inflection[edit]

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *wegyū *wegyemam *wiuxsū *wāga
2nd singular *wegyesi *wegyetās *wiuxsesi *wāgas?
3rd singular *wegyeti *wegyeto *wiuxseti *wāge
1st plural *wegyomosi *wegyemo *wiuxsomosi *wāgmo
2nd plural *wegyetesi *wegyestē *wiuxsetesi *wāxte
3rd plural *wegyonti *wegyento *wiuxsonti *wāgar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *wexsū ?
2nd singular *wexsesi ? *wegye
3rd singular *wexseti ? *wegyetou
1st plural *wexsomosi ? *wegyomos
2nd plural *wexsetesi ? *wegyete
3rd plural *wexsonti ? *wegyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *wegyūr *wiuxsūr
2nd singular *wegyetar *wiuxsetar
3rd singular *wegyetor ? *wiuxsetor
1st plural *wegyommor *wiuxsommor
2nd plural *wegyedwe *wiuxsedwe
3rd plural *wegyontor ? *wiuxsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *wexsūr
2nd singular *wexsetar
3rd singular *wexsetor
1st plural *wexsommor
2nd plural *wexsedwe
3rd plural *wexsontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wextos *wextou *wextoi
vocative *wexte *wextou *wextoi
accusative *wextom *wextou *wextoms
genitive *wextī *wextous *wextom
dative *wextūi *wextobom *wextobos
instrumental *wextū *wextobim *wextobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wextā *wextai *wextās
vocative *wextā *wextai *wextās
accusative *wextam *wextai *wextams
genitive *wextās *wextous *wextom
dative *wextai *wextābom *wextābos
instrumental *? *wextābim *wextābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wextom *wextou *wextā
vocative *wextom *wextou *wextā
accusative *wextom *wextou *wextā
genitive *wextī *wextous *wextom
dative *wextūi *wextobom *wextobos
instrumental *wextū *wextobim *wextobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: gweaff
    • Cornish: gwia
    • Middle Welsh: gwëu
  • Goidelic:

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weg-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409